June 27th, 2019 Research Technical Lunch Announcements

  • LabArchives Boston Area Researcher User Group, Date:  July 31, 2019  8:30am – 4pm, location TBD
  • LabArchives Monthly On-Site Sessions at BWH, MGH, MGH CNY & McLean - Event Calendar
  • Check out the Electronic Lab Notebook Policy & Exception Process deadlines.
  • It's time to renew SAS licenses.  You can also place a new install request.
  • Crowdstrike is being rolled out to PEAS-managed Macs.
  • Network Access Control (NAC):
    • ALL are highly encouraged to ensure that they are compliant for Anti-Virus (i.e. have Anti-virus installed on systems).
    • NAC End-Point Requirements:
      • (SEND TO QUARANTINE* IF NOT COMPLIANT) – SecureConnector Installed, Antivirus installed, Antivirus up-to-date.
      • *Quarantine – Limited access network – Internet only and support internal resources (PEAS, SCCM, AV, Support Desk).
      • Soft Enforcement (notification to users/support follow-ups if not compliant) – Missing PEAS, Encryption, SCCM, CrowdStrike (PC managed), Future - Crowdstrike PEAS/MAC.
  • NEW NAC Target “Go-Lives”:

    • ASR – Tuesday July 16th

    • NWH – Tuesday July 30th

    • MCL – Pending date from the MCL team (move to new model) ~Aug.

    • NSMC – Pending dates/final locations from team. Targeting staging offsites/clinics first – timeframe TBD.

    • BWH/BWHFH - ~11/1 – plan and areas still being worked.

    • DFCI – remediation start ~Fall

    • MGH – Remediation start ~Q1 2020 (calendar year)

    • Remaining sites to be determined

Check back the week of July 1, 2019 as more announcements and additional details will be posted here.